I just ran across some interesting info that some of you may already know about.  A potential and what appears likely difficulty drop, so far it's predicted to drop from the current 1,890,362 to aprox. 1,854,133.  That's about a 26k drop, I know relative to the current difficulty this is insignificant, but a drop like this has to be noticeable to some miners, or is it?  

  More information can be found here: http://bitcoinwatch.com/
    edit: Better monitoring site here: bitcoincharts.com (live updates)